Some Ukrainian commanders, dissatisfied with the slow pace of the counter-offensive and fearful of increasing casualties, reverted to Soviet methods of shelling instead of sticking to Western tactics. The New York Times writes about this, citing Pentagon officials and military analysts.
“It takes them a little out of their comfort zone, because it forces them to use fire and maneuver in a way that is more familiar to NATO forces than to the Soviet legacy,” said US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kohl, quoted by Kommersant. In his opinion, this is disappointing.
He also added that the cluster munitions sent to Ukraine will not give the Ukrainian Armed Forces an immediate effect in the counteroffensive, but “will allow Ukraine to support artillery combat in the foreseeable future.” So does Jack Watling, a senior fellow at the Royal United Institute for Defense Research in London. He is confident that Kyiv will be able to feel the “real effect” later this year, when it “will have much more shells than it could have.” said noting that cluster munitions
Recall that Washington announced the transfer of cluster shells to Kyiv last week. On July 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that Kyiv had already received cluster shells from the United States, but had not yet used them on the battlefield. The countries that signed the convention on the prohibition of cluster munitions condemned the decision to supply them to Ukraine. The United States, Russia and Ukraine did not sign this convention.
Source: Rosbalt
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